Dumbledore MAY be alive.... and his name may be Godric Gryffindor

[Sherry]

No: HPFGUIDX 150338

Amontillada:

There seems to be some confusion about one particular point here.
First, the excerpt from the original theory by Glykonix:

>>>"How could Dumbledore have made Harry go to Gryffindor when he had
not even spoken to the kid you'll say. By sending Hagrid, that's how."

> Mike:
> 
> > Next your theory on why Hagrid fetched Harry, well that is very 
> > easy.  One, the person needn't blend in with the muggles since the 
> > Dursleys went to someplace secluded....
> 
> Geoff:
> I don't follow your arguments here....
> 
> The Dursleys are not in a secluded place. They are in a small
suburban development; the 
> road which is used in the "media which dare not speak its name" is
very typical of housing 
> developments on the periphery of many towns and cities in the UK.
Also, the meeting 
> between Dumbledore, McGonagall and Hagrid occurs in the dark.
> ....
> 
> The fact that Hagrid is a daunting character had no bearing on the
arrival of Harry at Privet 
> Drive; this particular talent wasn't needed until he came to the
Hut-on-the-Rock ten years 
> later.
>
Amontillada:

It may be my (limited) powers of perception, but it seems to me that
there's some confusion over WHICH of Hagrid's assignments to get Harry
is being discussed. As I read this section of Glyconix' post, she's
referring to Hagrid's errand on Harry's eleventh birthday. The
Dursleys live in a typical suburban house, but they had retreated to
the Hut-on-the-Rock when Hagrid arrived at their door on that occasion.

I think Dumbledore sent Hagrid then precisely because the Dursleys had
gone to such great lengths to keep Harry from receiving his Hogwarts
letter. If he had gotten the letter and replied, in the usual magical
family fashion, Dumbledore wouldn't have dispatched Hagrid. As to why
he chose Hagrid, he had learned from McGonagall's observation that
Vernon Dursley, in particular, would be convinced most readily by
someone BIG and forceful.

As I said, this is my impression of which event Glyconix was citing.
If I misread your theory, Glyconix, please correct me!

Amontillada